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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 不及 [bùjí]
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1.
verb
[不如]
be not as good as
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2.
verb
[来不及]
be too late
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1.
verb
[不如]
be not as good as
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 不及 [bùjí]
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1.
动
赶不上；比不上
- 论技术，他不及小张
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动
来不及
- 追赶不及
- 事发突然，不及报告
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1.
动
赶不上；比不上
Examples
- 这台录音机不及那台好。
- This recorder is not as good as that one. → 不及
- 躲避不及
- too late to dodge → 不及
- 后悔不及
- too late for regrets → 不及
- 打他个措手不及
- make a surprise attack on them → 措手不及
- 小王躲闪不及，和我撞了个满怀。
- It was too late for Xiao Wang to dodge and I bumped into him. → 躲闪
- 火车七点开，动身晚了就赶不及了。
- The train leaves at seven, and we won't catch it if we start off too late. → 赶不及
- 今天我们来不及去看他了。
- There's no time for us to go and see him today. → 来不及
- 闪避不及
- too late to dodge → 闪避
- 远不及
- far inferior to → 远
- 与其坐以待毙，不如先下手打他个措手不及。
- It is better for us to go into action now and take the enemy by surprise, rather than wait passively until the enemy comes and seizes us. → 坐以待毙
Collocations
- 不及别人
- be inferior to; not as good as
- 远远不及
- be quite inferior to others
- 过犹不及
- going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short
- 来不及
- too late
- 后悔不及
- too late for regrets
- 措手不及
- unaware; unprepared
- 不及躲闪
- too late to dodge
- 迅雷不及掩耳
- as sudden as lightning
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